Paralegal ll - Corporate Finance

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.  

The Paralegal II – Corporate and Finance is an integral part of Latham’s Legal Professional and Paralegal team and will be responsible for supporting the attorneys and senior paralegals in the Corporate and Finance departments, while ordering lien searches and other diligence documents, including obtaining documents and certificates from local or federal courts and state agencies. This role will be located in our Houston office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Ordering lien searches and other diligence documents, including obtaining documents and certificates from local or federal courts and state agencies
• Reviewing, analyzing, and summarizing lien search results, and creating a summary chart in the firm database
• Ordering/requesting from vendors articles of organization and incorporation, corporate and tax certificates of good standing in appropriate jurisdictions, and helping to resolve issues, if any
• Assisting the deal team with drafting and reviewing documents required for various transactions,  including but not limited to researching relevant statutes and preclearing with the applicable secretary of state office
• Creating and maintaining the electronic share folder for closing
• Preparing and maintaining a checklist for transactions
• Editing documents such as primissory notes, guaranties, security agreements, consents, and finance statements
• Reviewing appropriate documentation and drafts UCCs, including UCC-1s, amendments and terminations, and fixture filings
• Reviewing payoff documents and/or financing documents for authority to file liens and terminations, and coordinates, with service company for filing at closing
• Drafting forms, letters, or other legal documents including full suite of formation documents and manages the entire process of entity formation and notify supervising attorney of CTA obligations
• Assisting with closings, including drafting certain documents and signature pages, and updates to the closing checklist as needed and instructed by attorneys
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains 
  

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Possess the ability to develop proficient technical skills, including word processing, internet searching, and using spreadsheets and databases
• Demonstrate knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, specifically Word, Excel and Outlook
• Exhibit well-developed and professional interpersonal skills, in addition to the ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm

And have:

• A Bachelor's degree or an equivalent, and signed declaration if located in a California office, or a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program
• A minimum of four (4) years of related law firm experience as a paralegal

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are. 

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